...Macau, Banco Nacional Ultramario - 2020(2024) Series

中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區

(Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China)
(Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

 

大西洋銀行

(Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Est.1902 in Macau)

(National Overseas Bank)

 Currency: Patacas (MOP)

 

Below are the two notes of 10 and 20 patacas both dated 18.05.2020. These two notes were released on 01.02.2024 before the 2024 Chinese New Year celebration. This is a new series of banknotes and a full set comprises six notes from 10 to 1000 patacas. Only the 10 and 20 patacas are released and the remaining denomination will be made available over the next few years. 

 

Like those issued by the Bank of China Macau branch, the designs for this series are completely new. On the front for each denomination, it depicts the new and old facades of the bank's headquarters - Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) in Macau and on the back of each note, the design features an old map of Macau depicting different eras from 1635 to 2022. 

According to the bank, this new series incorporated better security features and better protection against counterfeiting. It should also be noted that the way the value stated on the note has also changed slightly. For the ten patacas banknote, it is now printed with: -

 

Previous  - 澳門幣拾圓 (Macau Currency Ten Yuan [Patacas]) to 

Now - 澳門元拾圓 (Macau Yuan 10 Yuan [Patacas]) 

 

As for this new series, the bank (together with Bank of China Macau Branch) is authorised by the Monetary Authority of Macau to print the following maximum quantity of banknotes;-

 

10 patacas - 80 million pieces; and

20 patacas - 120 million pieces.

 

BNU was established in 1864 in Portugal and in Macau in 1902. It is one of the two commercial banks responsible for issuing banknotes in Macau. The bank is the 8th largest bank in Macau and has 20 branches plus one in Hengqin, China. The bank has 500 full-time employees and has a customers base of 271,000+/-.

Ten Patacas

New and old facades of the bank's headquarters in Macau

Front - The new and old facades of the bank's headquarters - Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) in Macau. 

 Signatures - Conselho De Administracao (Board of Directors)

Carlos Manuel Sobral Cid da Costa Alvares and Cecilia Kou

Watermark - Lotus flower and electrotype 10

Dimensions - 139mm x 69.5mm

 

Back - Old map of Macau 1635. Two chuan (ships) and a man on a sampan. To the far left is a tree.

 

Macau in 1635

Twenty Patacas

New and old facades of the bank's headquarters in Macau

 Signatures - Conselho De Administracao (Board of Directors)

Carlos Manuel Sobral Cid da Costa Alvares and Cecilia Kou 

Watermark - Lotus flower and electrotype 20

Dimensions - 139mm x 72mm

Back - Old map of Macau 1780. Three chuan (ships) and one sampan sailing in open sea. To the far left is a tree.

Macau in 1780